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the united states doesn't own iraq. they have their own government, their own leaders. we can't dictate to them what to do, and there are a lot of states in the region that are trying to meddle in iraq. the iranians big time, turkey, the gulf states are all trying to exert influence inside iraq. but also i think a big part of the answer is in really what happened to the united states. the american government is conflicted on iraq. the obama administration itself was ambivalent about whether we should keep forces in iraq beyond 2011 or not. in fact, president obama campaign on the tenant that he had extricated forces from iraq completely. the planned -- the military hoped to keep me five to ten to 15,000 there including al qaeda. so, you know when the american government itself doesn't see iraq as a priority, and it doesn't at this point in time, then i think that also would see influence that we can have inside the country. >> host: again, we are taking your calls on the subject. the war in iraq and was happening in iraq now. we are with michael gordon of the new york t
the united states doesn't own iraq. they have their own government, their own leaders. we can't dictate to them what to do, and there are a lot of states in the region that are trying to meddle in iraq. the iranians big time, turkey, the gulf states are all trying to exert influence inside iraq. but also i think a big part of the answer is in really what happened to the united states. the american government is conflicted on iraq. the obama administration itself was ambivalent about whether we...
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the left the prouty 81 opinions to the united states. the presumption there was by people higher up in the leadership who are afraid that he would become president. it's never clearly established but for the man that was tried and hanged as the assassin his last words why didn't you go after and that assassination fuelled barack obama senior's frustration. >> host: what are you talking to folks about barack obama, senior the term keeps coming up and this might be misleading that if you would answer, politically connected and political intrigue. >> guest: he was trained as an economist with at the university of hawaii and harvard before he got his ph.d.. but even a fairly brilliant macroeconomist. but his wives and all of his movements were in the government in nairobi in the ensuing decades filled with political frustrations. after just doing five days of interviews in kenya, three in nairobi and two of them out here my mind is spinning with all of the intrigue that i've heard. it's just one story after another of the manipulation and th
the left the prouty 81 opinions to the united states. the presumption there was by people higher up in the leadership who are afraid that he would become president. it's never clearly established but for the man that was tried and hanged as the assassin his last words why didn't you go after and that assassination fuelled barack obama senior's frustration. >> host: what are you talking to folks about barack obama, senior the term keeps coming up and this might be misleading that if you...
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states senator, and the president of the united states. obama obviously has to learn all that was required to be president through on the job training. it's possible to conclude, however, observing the weighty legislation passed during his first term that obama is a quick learner. it seems he grappled with the challenges of economic crisis, and the formulation of the stimulus package haltingly. meaning a chance leaning heavily on his economic advisers. the most appropriate comment on the program is that the nation did not falter, that some economic expansion is occurring. the bailout of the automobile industry seems to be a success. the health care legislation frequently lacks presidential leadership and the judgment of most observers, and then final consideration, it is yet to be determined. all this took place with minimal experience. how well is obama beating the six measures of a successful president? he is probably seen as protecting america with the use of drones and special forces killing osama bin laden and members of al qaeda. his
states senator, and the president of the united states. obama obviously has to learn all that was required to be president through on the job training. it's possible to conclude, however, observing the weighty legislation passed during his first term that obama is a quick learner. it seems he grappled with the challenges of economic crisis, and the formulation of the stimulus package haltingly. meaning a chance leaning heavily on his economic advisers. the most appropriate comment on the...
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change requires 60 votes in the united states senate. so the central drama of this book, literally the central section of the book is how obama pushed out the change into the timor country be for most of the staff have located the bathrooms in the west wing. it was unclean and was in pretty because rahm emanuel is in the middle of it so wasn't suitable for young ears, but the will debate is a case study and obama is on. to the disillusionment addict of the left and i apologize to those of you remember him come out of their current obama was about like every other politician, more interested in cutting deals and chasing dreams into the fever swamps on the right to know about obama as the euro socialist radical republicans never explained how the $716 billion in spending stimulus that even paul ryan supported well above the 787 tax and spending stimulus was crushing status and in the deaths of american free enterprise. that's the beauty of the minority. the stimulus is early evidence obama was but he said he was, this data oriented left of
change requires 60 votes in the united states senate. so the central drama of this book, literally the central section of the book is how obama pushed out the change into the timor country be for most of the staff have located the bathrooms in the west wing. it was unclean and was in pretty because rahm emanuel is in the middle of it so wasn't suitable for young ears, but the will debate is a case study and obama is on. to the disillusionment addict of the left and i apologize to those of you...
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it was largely because of tomboya that obama got to the united states. his whole reason that barack obama our president exists. it wouldn't happen without tomboya, who organized the airlift that brought the first england kenyans to the united states, and tomboya was assassinated in 1969. >> by? >> by, well, the presumption is that it was by people high up in the leadership who are afraid he would become president in a power struggle but it was never clearly established but the man who was tried and hanged at his assassin, some his last words to why didn't you go after the big man, meaning somebody who organized this whole thing. so that assassination also fueled barack obama, sr.'s frustrations, fueled war of the tribalism that created problems ever since. >> when you talk to folks about barack obama, sr., a term that keeps coming up, and i might, this might be misleading but if you would answer, politically connected and political intrigue. >> well, barack obama, sr. was trained as an economist your both at university of hawaii where he went to undergra
it was largely because of tomboya that obama got to the united states. his whole reason that barack obama our president exists. it wouldn't happen without tomboya, who organized the airlift that brought the first england kenyans to the united states, and tomboya was assassinated in 1969. >> by? >> by, well, the presumption is that it was by people high up in the leadership who are afraid he would become president in a power struggle but it was never clearly established but the man...
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because he said he was going the great uniter. remember that beautiful inauguration address? it was glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful. beautiful idea. and he was going meet with conservatives in congress once a week, that was a great idea two. he meet twice. twice, two times. three days after the beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house and they had a meeting and eric can cantor, are techlated the conservative perspective on increasing taxes we shouldn't do that. and you know what obama said three days after i want to listen to you? he said eric, i won, you lost, i trump you on that. then about a week later, he said i want the folks who got us in to the mess to do less talking. and a lot more listening. you can talk a little bit. i want you to stay on the sidelines while we try to clean it up for you. unbelievable. gone with any notion of unifying the country of bringing us together. instead there came the steady mantra of attack and vilify the other sides. no idea
because he said he was going the great uniter. remember that beautiful inauguration address? it was glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful. beautiful idea. and he was going meet with conservatives in congress once a week, that was a great idea two. he meet twice. twice, two times. three days after the beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house and they had a meeting and eric can cantor, are...
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i was a renter, not a homeowner, and i had a job with the united states government. i had the safest job imaginable. i was a career public servant, civil servant, and as a fraud prosecutor, financial crises are usually good for business. [laughter] so for me, it was detached. but that all changed for me in october of 2008 when i got a call from my boss, the u.s. attorney, mike garcia. he called me into his office, and i still have that, oh, my god, getting called to the principal's office feeling in the pit of my stomach. he handed me a printout, a piece of the historic legislation that congress had passed authorizing treasury to go out and borrow $700 billion to rescue wall street, to bail out the banks and put us on the path supposedly to economic recovery. um, and this piece that i was not aware of was that when they passed this law, congress created this brand new agency. and when mike got off the phone, he explained what this agency was going to do. it was going to have two different functions. one was a mini-fbi for the t.a.r.p. that was going to be guns and ba
i was a renter, not a homeowner, and i had a job with the united states government. i had the safest job imaginable. i was a career public servant, civil servant, and as a fraud prosecutor, financial crises are usually good for business. [laughter] so for me, it was detached. but that all changed for me in october of 2008 when i got a call from my boss, the u.s. attorney, mike garcia. he called me into his office, and i still have that, oh, my god, getting called to the principal's office...
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that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address? it was glorious. he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful, beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. that was a great idea too. he meant twice, twice, two times. three days after that beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house, and they had a meeting, and eric cantor, congressman from virginia, articulated the conservative perspective on increasing taxes, that we shouldn't do it. you know what obama said three days after he said i'll listen to you, especially when we disagree. he said, you lost, i won, i trump you on that. he said he wants the folks who got us into the mess to do less talking and more listening. you can talk a little bit, but i want you to be on the sidelines while we clean this up for you. unbelievable. gone was any notion of unifying the country of bringing us together. instead, there came this st
that is why barack obama earned the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember that beautiful inaugural address? it was glorious. he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful, beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. that was a great idea too. he meant twice, twice, two times. three days after that beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white...
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that is why barack obama earns the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember the beautiful inaugural address is glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. nice coming beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. i was a great idea. he met twice. so three days after the speech, conservatives in congress came and had a meeting and eric cantor reticulated conservative to run increasing taxes. that we shouldn't do that. you know what obama said three days after? he said eric, i want, you must come i trump you on that. a week later he said i want the folks who got us into this mess to do a whole lot less talking and a lot more listening. you can talk a little, but he wants you to stand beside mine so we cleaned this up for you. unbelievable, condescending notion of unifying the country, bringing us together. instead kansas city mantra of attack and vilify the other side. it was just like his 2008 campaign for president was hoping change, while the speeches with no subst
that is why barack obama earns the white house because he said he was going to be the great uniter. remember the beautiful inaugural address is glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you, especially when we disagree. nice coming beautiful idea. he was going to meet with conservatives in congress once a week. i was a great idea. he met twice. so three days after the speech, conservatives in congress came and had a meeting and eric cantor reticulated conservative to run...
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president eisenhower had had a lot of discussions with the secretary of state about the way the united states was seen around the world because of a lot of the racism that was going on and people here about and read about. the fact that this seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening and whether it was launching or some kind of discrimination that was taking place in the country so that the idea was eisenhower said that he was going to ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission which would put the facts on top of the table. i am told by one of the people who was at the meeting that he sent the table and said another going to put the facts on top of the table. and commissions, as we know, who do policy sometimes set up because their is a tough problem and people don't want to do anything about it. this set up a commission to make a report, and it goes away. this commission was supposed to put the facts on top of the table. its future would depend on what it found out, how aggressive it was, and what the public thought about what they're doing. >> initially set up as a rela
president eisenhower had had a lot of discussions with the secretary of state about the way the united states was seen around the world because of a lot of the racism that was going on and people here about and read about. the fact that this seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening and whether it was launching or some kind of discrimination that was taking place in the country so that the idea was eisenhower said that he was going to ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission...
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since we started the united states. iran goes back 2,500 years. that's realizing the temples, every temple has the everlasting right to king dorias. now suddenly you have this hate with the jewish population worldwide. i believe what you said, you put a very big key on this. i'm admiring everything you've said. but i believe one of the worst is the loss of the trust. put yourself, any one of us today, would we trust america if if we were a head of state of iran, what they did to the shah of iran? this is what's frightening. and if that could ever be repaired, it's fragile, in my opinion, and very key. i know iran, i know the old royal family, i knew -- traveled with the everyone rest. i believe, you've said is right. i have one other quick question because i don't want to disturb you. what about egypt today? the islamic republic? what will happen there? because nobody really knows, but that's very key. whispers are they're going to give relations to israel, under the table relations. i hope i'm right with my information
since we started the united states. iran goes back 2,500 years. that's realizing the temples, every temple has the everlasting right to king dorias. now suddenly you have this hate with the jewish population worldwide. i believe what you said, you put a very big key on this. i'm admiring everything you've said. but i believe one of the worst is the loss of the trust. put yourself, any one of us today, would we trust america if if we were a head of state of iran, what they did to the shah of...
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look at the united states, and it's like the night map, like the satellite night sky of the united states. hottest around cities, cooler in the suburbs, coolest in the country; right? that measure of c02 per square mile. in 2001, scott bernstein said what happens instead of measuring c02 per mile, but per person or per household because there's a certain number of us and we can pollute more or less. if you look at it per household, red and green flip, absolutely change places. by far the healthiest place to live is in the city. manhattan burn a third of the fossil fuels of people in dallas, for example. they use a third of the electricity. why? they heat and cool neighbors; right? apartments are touching, but even more importantly than that is mostly the less driving they are doing. transportation is the greatest single cricketer to most civilians greenhouse gas. the biggest choice to make, you know, when i built my house in washington, d.c., i cleaned the shelf on the stainability store with the solar panels, solar water heater, the super insulation, the bamboo flooring, i have a wood bu
look at the united states, and it's like the night map, like the satellite night sky of the united states. hottest around cities, cooler in the suburbs, coolest in the country; right? that measure of c02 per square mile. in 2001, scott bernstein said what happens instead of measuring c02 per mile, but per person or per household because there's a certain number of us and we can pollute more or less. if you look at it per household, red and green flip, absolutely change places. by far the...
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she becomes an incredibly successful united states senator. she build bridges, her best friends, not her best friends but john mccain lindsay graham. so there now in a difficult place. bill manages to come back, he always was an effective president. he almost redeemed himself by bringing peace to the middle east. she's off doing incredibly important work in new york. her life is more and more independent of his. and she becomes in a sense an independent person one more time. they are still together. they still are in love. but now she's the person in charge and it's her career that is at stake. we have never had this kind of story in the american white house. we have never had this kind of personal chemistry. adds personal chemistry which both incredibly enriches our understanding of what took place during those years and leaves us with an abundance of unanswered questions. and now it's your time to ask the questions, i will try to answer. thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, if you have a question for professor come up to the microphon
she becomes an incredibly successful united states senator. she build bridges, her best friends, not her best friends but john mccain lindsay graham. so there now in a difficult place. bill manages to come back, he always was an effective president. he almost redeemed himself by bringing peace to the middle east. she's off doing incredibly important work in new york. her life is more and more independent of his. and she becomes in a sense an independent person one more time. they are still...
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during the 1990s, american lawyers and amnesty international charged the united nations -- the united states air force serious violations of the laws of war during the bombing campaign in kosovo and yugoslavia. they brought these charges before un-sponsored international tribunal for the saudia, which uses protocol one as its spears amnesty international decried as a secular to give warning to bombing. human rights complaint the u.s. air force was too concerned with ensuring pilot safety. these are american lawyers complaining about the air force. too worried about the safety of american service members. people talk about global rules here this is also an example of transnational politics. so these violations of the law during the afghan war. also american western human rights watch, amnesty international church americans as war crimes once again, bringing to the criminal court from which the u.s. is not a member and doesn't recognize them on the basis of protocol one rules. when someone says you followed the non-convention, you have to know the traditional rules we see in these movie
during the 1990s, american lawyers and amnesty international charged the united nations -- the united states air force serious violations of the laws of war during the bombing campaign in kosovo and yugoslavia. they brought these charges before un-sponsored international tribunal for the saudia, which uses protocol one as its spears amnesty international decried as a secular to give warning to bombing. human rights complaint the u.s. air force was too concerned with ensuring pilot safety. these...
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the start of united states. iran does fact 2500 years. it's realizing the temples, every temple is the everlasting light to king darius. suddenly between the jewish religion, not just israel, the jewish population worldwide. i believe you put a very big t. on this. i admire everything you said, but i believe one of the worst stress push yourself, any one of us if we're ahead of what they did to iran. this is the right and affected the other repaired, is fragile in my opinion. i know iran. i know the whole royal family. i traveled with the empress. i believe everything you said is right. i want a quick question. i don't want to distribute. what about the islamic republic. what'll happen there? that's very key. they're going to give relations to israel, under the table relations. what is your opinion? >> trust is a very difficult issue. we argued in the book at the well-known antidote to trust his transparency. i think for many americans, this issue comes squarely focused on the nuclear issue today that with this
the start of united states. iran does fact 2500 years. it's realizing the temples, every temple is the everlasting light to king darius. suddenly between the jewish religion, not just israel, the jewish population worldwide. i believe you put a very big t. on this. i admire everything you said, but i believe one of the worst stress push yourself, any one of us if we're ahead of what they did to iran. this is the right and affected the other repaired, is fragile in my opinion. i know iran. i...
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it's united natural fresh, unfi. and i know there's a very small market in my neighborhood, and i've asked them, they just can't get certain products, they just cost too much. so the consolidation is the same with organics. now, you know, i have to admit i shop at whole foods because we all -- that's all there is for most products. but you have to be very careful, because what whole foods has done in the last five years or so is they sell a lot of conventional brands. so they used to -- these are brands that used to be organic sometimes, sometimes not, and people buy those brands -- i know i've gone in and kind of talked to people in line, they somehow think if they're being sold at whole foods that it's a better quality product. even though they can go down to the grocery store and probably get that product for a cheaper price, you know, whether it's morton's salt or some other product. and so whole foods really is not part of, um, growing a local food, a regional food system where farmers can get a fair price in se
it's united natural fresh, unfi. and i know there's a very small market in my neighborhood, and i've asked them, they just can't get certain products, they just cost too much. so the consolidation is the same with organics. now, you know, i have to admit i shop at whole foods because we all -- that's all there is for most products. but you have to be very careful, because what whole foods has done in the last five years or so is they sell a lot of conventional brands. so they used to -- these...
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only the united states could produce both apple and exxonmobil. on the one hand, apple is a completely california-bread, creative, 60s -- and steve jobs used to go into interviews and ask serious job candidates if they had ever done lsd in the hopes they answer would be yes. if you go to exxonmobil, it's take this cup and provide us a drug test. on the one hand, they're very different and on the other hand there are these similarities. they're both closed systems, a command management, beth are driven by a desire to control their environment. steve jobs desperately wanted to control every element of the customer's experience, every element hoff the design, and they both were not good partners. they really didn't believe in partnership. they believed in the advantages of total control, and that makes them secretive because it's -- the secrecy follows the desire for control, not the secrecy is an end in itself. so, it's fascinating. the other point about exxonmobil and its unpopularity i came to think about over time is, most big industrialized demo
only the united states could produce both apple and exxonmobil. on the one hand, apple is a completely california-bread, creative, 60s -- and steve jobs used to go into interviews and ask serious job candidates if they had ever done lsd in the hopes they answer would be yes. if you go to exxonmobil, it's take this cup and provide us a drug test. on the one hand, they're very different and on the other hand there are these similarities. they're both closed systems, a command management, beth are...
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[laughter] >> well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. as speaker john boehner has said. the fact that we have passed a record number of bills the swell of congress. the we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. it has a record low popularity approval rating -- this is a congress that is defined by dysfunction and gridlock. a congress in which and it is a policy point to the delivering body. >> for the people that have ascended to positions of leadership, do you think that they believe that they were elected to not do things as opposed to do things? >> i refer to the tea party class of the congress, they believe they will do precisely what they were elected to do, which is to roll back all obama initiatives and cut spending a lot of them thought that the debt ceiling should not be increased. basically they believe that their job is to obstruct barack obama and then once there is a republican president in place, to have a better business climate with more deregulation or the fund
[laughter] >> well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. as speaker john boehner has said. the fact that we have passed a record number of bills the swell of congress. the we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. it has a record low popularity approval rating -- this is a congress that is defined by dysfunction and gridlock. a congress in which and it is a policy point to the...
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the united states was not a party to that agreement. yet that agreement made it very clear that monies would not be transferred unless certain diplomatic objectives were in the relationship had been -- milestones had been reached. so, essentially, gadhafi in typical fashion turned his worst enemies, his greatest anti, you know, lobby into one of his greatest tools for getting out of the mess he was in. and this process continued into many other incidents which i talk about at great length in the book. so, essentially, so you have these divergent narratives. you know, the other issue is that, in fact, as we were trying to -- the issue of human rights seemed to take a great backseat to the exigencies of those other goals that i just mentioned. um, and, you know, in retrospect as information came out about the rendition programs that were run by the cia, for example, to bring individuals to libya, deliver them for torture, you know, if you' re looking at a policy of trying to pressure gadhafi towards economic reform and improved human righ
the united states was not a party to that agreement. yet that agreement made it very clear that monies would not be transferred unless certain diplomatic objectives were in the relationship had been -- milestones had been reached. so, essentially, gadhafi in typical fashion turned his worst enemies, his greatest anti, you know, lobby into one of his greatest tools for getting out of the mess he was in. and this process continued into many other incidents which i talk about at great length in...
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we are only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we have shared values, shared enemies, and islamic terrorism, that many people in the united states view israel as the holy land. not just jews, but not just as well. so it's a quite remarkable thing at a time when there is so much polarization between republicans and democrats. it's one of a few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> "the future of the jews," is your book title provocative in any way? and do you mean it to be? >> i mean it to be because the question is can a people have survived calamities for 3000 years in affect except successful integration, and how do you react to that. it is optimistic but realistic. it looks at the demographics of israel and asks whether 2.57 million israelis can ultimately control 2 million palestinians against their will. it looks at low birthrates in the diaspora below replacement levels with intermarriage, which threatens to reduce the number of jews. there were 70 million jews in 1939 in the wo
we are only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we have shared values, shared enemies, and islamic terrorism, that many people in the united states view israel as the holy land. not just jews, but not just as well. so it's a quite remarkable thing at a time when there is so much polarization between republicans and democrats. it's one of a few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> "the future of the jews," is your book title...
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is a work in study, come to the united states. this is not some generally anti-we hate america, they're bad, they are good. it's very much related to the presence of drones and the military policy of the united states in the area. so while hating the drones above them, the people of fatah would welcome the chance to have the ground of america leave. as i said, the poll details are set forth in the book. i'll just take another minute or two to outline what i found that which is kind of complement to avoid anand talked about, about the taliban and this is, in my book, based on my interviews with taliban leaders and foot soldiers. and the role of mullah omar. according to the taliban leaders and fighters i interviewed, the seminal event of securing and establishing mullah omar's authority, the undisputed leader of the taliban occurred apri april 1996 in kandahar, southern afghanistan. there, mullah omar war, took from a religious shrine, the holy relic of the cloak of the prophet muhammad. simply by standing in the hold the cloaks pr
is a work in study, come to the united states. this is not some generally anti-we hate america, they're bad, they are good. it's very much related to the presence of drones and the military policy of the united states in the area. so while hating the drones above them, the people of fatah would welcome the chance to have the ground of america leave. as i said, the poll details are set forth in the book. i'll just take another minute or two to outline what i found that which is kind of...
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planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas and then president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about, because he talks about it all the time. he does not go to the university of arkansas, he goes to georgetown. and from georgetown he becomes the arkansas candidate for the rhodes fellowship and goes to oxford. he is an incredible success
planning to be elected attorney general of arkansas, then governor of arkansas and then president of the united states. this is something which everyone who knows him knows about, because he talks about it all the time. he does not go to the university of arkansas, he goes to georgetown. and from georgetown he becomes the arkansas candidate for the rhodes fellowship and goes to oxford. he is an incredible success
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and he said he speak united states. [talking over each other] >> [inaudible] so we all speak the language that we created here. it was created by the president and the people who use the language. >> and the writers themselves. in doing this other book, i am drifting into another book that i started writing. but there is sometimes one of writer will just come up with something that nobody can understand. when at scott fitzgerald writes, they say what is a t-shirt? and he sort of made it up, meaning what was a shirt that he would just go on. but often writers and presidents will quote a word on purpose as an effort to create stir, sort of a moment of interest in what they are doing. like factoid, which is the most improper type of word. it was not a fact of all, it was a piece of conventional wisdom that was wrong. now it is being used as a small fact. yes, sir? >> was it important it something not be forgotten from the white house? >> absolutely, that's the whole point of creating this collection of words. it's like i q
and he said he speak united states. [talking over each other] >> [inaudible] so we all speak the language that we created here. it was created by the president and the people who use the language. >> and the writers themselves. in doing this other book, i am drifting into another book that i started writing. but there is sometimes one of writer will just come up with something that nobody can understand. when at scott fitzgerald writes, they say what is a t-shirt? and he sort of...
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and he was part of an intelligence unit. he wasn't looking for weapons of mass destruction, but it was presumed that they were there and that was part of the mission. and he said to me, did he ever find debian duties after he returned? now, to be suckered like that is a hard pill to swallow. this is a man who's been around the block. for his seniority, he was the senior enlisted, has served in bosnia as well. he was not a naÏve young kid. there is a sobriety to his remarks. but i came the feeling and this is what i mean by moral clarity, a sense of betrayal he was experiencing, that he had been betrayed by his command in some way or by the president of the united states or by the people that sent him. and he had to bear the burden alone. bearing the burden meant coming home and he was the person who backed body parts that were scattered on trees and infields and he played over and came home with a tape that would repeat in his mind that smiles and sounds of charge, sizzling bodies and flesh. so he came home and has to be in
and he was part of an intelligence unit. he wasn't looking for weapons of mass destruction, but it was presumed that they were there and that was part of the mission. and he said to me, did he ever find debian duties after he returned? now, to be suckered like that is a hard pill to swallow. this is a man who's been around the block. for his seniority, he was the senior enlisted, has served in bosnia as well. he was not a naÏve young kid. there is a sobriety to his remarks. but i came the...
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i don't believe that energy is underpriced and the united states. there are many benefits to more job mobility, talking about gasoline, people being able to drive on trips, people being able to drive to get to work in places where public debt protection does not run. and though a price energy attracts manufacturing back and then it -- the united states. as a type of energy becomes more scarce we see the price rising of its own accord. almost twice what it was when president obama took office, although as many people point out, that is partly due to the weakening dollar. when they're is a shortage of one type of energy price rises and people switched to other kinds. i don't think that there are negative externalities' in using energy and coming in fact, if we don't pass any more energy regulations our air will continue to get clean as old equipment is taken of of the road through age in new equipment is brought on. if i were to say get rid of my 95 cheapened by a 2005 jeep the air would be cleaner without any other regulation which is true of parts a
i don't believe that energy is underpriced and the united states. there are many benefits to more job mobility, talking about gasoline, people being able to drive on trips, people being able to drive to get to work in places where public debt protection does not run. and though a price energy attracts manufacturing back and then it -- the united states. as a type of energy becomes more scarce we see the price rising of its own accord. almost twice what it was when president obama took office,...
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fc is the largest food company in the united states, if you want to call those items feared. it is the second-largest in the world. they might buy a nestlÉ product. nestlÉ peddles about 6000 brands. they had $94 billion in sales and $10.000000000 in profits. about 6.1 billion in profits. that's because they are the biggest food company in the world. not just in the united states. we have just a few companies that are controlling all those brands. twenty companies control the highest brand percentages in the grocery store and of those, 14 of those brands control organic foods. so it is basically controlling how people view. then we have the grocery conglomerates. wal-mart leads the pack along with target and wal-mart is by far the largest. one out of every three grocery dollars goes to wal-mart. so these really big multinationals basically dictate food and farm policy. they speak with one voice and they decide what the pesticide regulations should be, every aspect of our food system and a partner so that it can basically buy public policy. it turns out there are 100 biotechn
fc is the largest food company in the united states, if you want to call those items feared. it is the second-largest in the world. they might buy a nestlÉ product. nestlÉ peddles about 6000 brands. they had $94 billion in sales and $10.000000000 in profits. about 6.1 billion in profits. that's because they are the biggest food company in the world. not just in the united states. we have just a few companies that are controlling all those brands. twenty companies control the highest brand...
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and it's the slow, the slow descent of the united states that's the real risk. the fiscal cliff is something that can be fixed fairly easily. >> host: and finally, i want to go back, mr. rothkopf, to your comment about governments or national governments being neanderthallic. bill clinton in his last book had a line in there that was kind of a throwaway line, but it said while we are still organized as nation-states economically. again, where are we going in the future? >> guest: well, i think we're going to see an evolution. nation-states aren't going to go away because you and i want somebody who knows our interests to represent us. and so, you know, because there are cultural affinities, because we live in geographic proximity to one another, we're going to still want that. but we also have city governments, we have state governments in the united states, we have a federal government in the united states, and i think it's only natural that another layer of government that deals with global issues will evolve. it won't happen soon. it's a hundred years away. b
and it's the slow, the slow descent of the united states that's the real risk. the fiscal cliff is something that can be fixed fairly easily. >> host: and finally, i want to go back, mr. rothkopf, to your comment about governments or national governments being neanderthallic. bill clinton in his last book had a line in there that was kind of a throwaway line, but it said while we are still organized as nation-states economically. again, where are we going in the future? >> guest:...
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in the northeast it's not low water but warm water that caused the shutdown of unit 2 at the mill stone power plant in connecticut. the temperature of the water in long island sound from which the plant draws its cooling supply climbed to over 75 degrees fahrenheit this summer, too warm for cooling the nuclear reactor. and of course the cost to our economy of disruptions in our power supply is particularly high during warm weather when energy use is usually at its height to run air conditioners. scientists tell us the droughts and heat waves will get worse, and water temperature will continue to increase. agriculture, shipping, and power industries will be operating under new baseline environmental conditions. warmer oceans, ocean acidification, and he can extreme weather events create an obvious stress for the fisheries and the marine trades they support. it is not just the fishermen. it is also the people who repair their nets, people who sell them equipment and gear and the people who buy and process their catch. in high home state of rhode island, average coastal water temperature h
in the northeast it's not low water but warm water that caused the shutdown of unit 2 at the mill stone power plant in connecticut. the temperature of the water in long island sound from which the plant draws its cooling supply climbed to over 75 degrees fahrenheit this summer, too warm for cooling the nuclear reactor. and of course the cost to our economy of disruptions in our power supply is particularly high during warm weather when energy use is usually at its height to run air...
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we have control of the united states house of representatives and we have the legislature. the idea that we create a surrender caucus to be socially acceptable in washington is absurd. let's be clear, that is what people are currently doing in washington. how much money do i need to surrender so you won't be anymore? when i was finally elected to congress, by the way, in terms of bad scheduling, jimmy carter was at the head of the democratic ticket. it was the best campaign i ever technically ran. and it felt really good towards the end. i went through these moments when everything felt good because your candidate. so i went into vote at the library on election day of 1976. the city of georgia was very proud that jimmy carter was there. and i found myself standing in line behind three people that have come from the nursing home. those who wanted to get revenge for sherman's march to georgia. [laughter] and i thought to myself, how likely is it that after they vote for jimmy carter, they will put their ticket for a yankee born army brat on the other side. and i thought -- th
we have control of the united states house of representatives and we have the legislature. the idea that we create a surrender caucus to be socially acceptable in washington is absurd. let's be clear, that is what people are currently doing in washington. how much money do i need to surrender so you won't be anymore? when i was finally elected to congress, by the way, in terms of bad scheduling, jimmy carter was at the head of the democratic ticket. it was the best campaign i ever technically...
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we speak united states. >> that is what h.l. mencken did with his monstrous 3-volume on the american language which he was with criticized for. there was a guy earlier than that when matthews came out with the dictionary of americanisms based on historical principles and he found 50,000 words which were american origin. it was lost in time many of them having to do with names of apples. things like that but were american in their basis. and one of the things that webster said in 1807 in the first noah webster dictionary, he says in 50 years the predominant form of english will be american-ism and american-ism is jefferson's onward. >> question. did franklin roosevelt fireside chats did he coined that phrase or was that done by a radio commentator who introduced him? >> the guy was harry butcher who was with nbc -- abc -- cbs. harry butcher's the guy who invented and the first one to enunciate it can roosevelt wasn't prepared for it was robert trout who was doing the fireside chat. roosevelt at first was an sure and then he reali
we speak united states. >> that is what h.l. mencken did with his monstrous 3-volume on the american language which he was with criticized for. there was a guy earlier than that when matthews came out with the dictionary of americanisms based on historical principles and he found 50,000 words which were american origin. it was lost in time many of them having to do with names of apples. things like that but were american in their basis. and one of the things that webster said in 1807 in...
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they also sent smaller naval units and air units, but, still, there were combat units fighting outside of saigon and the province working with the united states, working with the south vietnamese and other allies, the fill pee -- filipinos and others. the thai's had 500 die in south vietnam while fighting what was called the vetcong, and those who don't know the history of thai involvement dismiss them as an insulting term, and they paid for the -- a lot of the military hardware and transportation and logistic and extra pay that the tie troops receive, and they focus on those thais who engaged in black market schemes, but truth is thai soldiers were fighting and dying for years. thailand was carrying out the war, what they saw as their war in south vietnam, and so the casualties are something we should keep in mind. >> host: professor, thai-u.s. relations, when did they start to really jell? tieland's been an ally for a long time, participated in the iraq war, world war ii. >> guest: absolutely. i mean, you could date back to the example of offerings to lincoln of war eel faints for th
they also sent smaller naval units and air units, but, still, there were combat units fighting outside of saigon and the province working with the united states, working with the south vietnamese and other allies, the fill pee -- filipinos and others. the thai's had 500 die in south vietnam while fighting what was called the vetcong, and those who don't know the history of thai involvement dismiss them as an insulting term, and they paid for the -- a lot of the military hardware and...
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all these trade deals that people claimed were going to bring jobs to the united states and in every case the jobs left. >> up next, jefferson morally, row counts the first race riot in washington, d.c. which took place in august of 1835 and two subsequent criminal trials tried by d.c.'s district attorney, francis scott key. mr. key, who authored "the star-spangled banner", defended splafry in his prosecution and sought capital punishment only to be thwarted by the alleged victim, who's husband william thornton, designed the u.s. capitol. this is just over 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. for that nice introduction and thank you to majors and quinn hosting this event. i suggested this to eat than back in the winter, there was never anything less than enthusiastic about having me. this was always my destination when i came to a minneapolis bookstore. i am glad i landed here. i want to tell you a little bit about the book. i will read a little bit about the book. it's nice to be here and see some old familiar faces. you know, whenever i come back to minneapolis i have this feeling
all these trade deals that people claimed were going to bring jobs to the united states and in every case the jobs left. >> up next, jefferson morally, row counts the first race riot in washington, d.c. which took place in august of 1835 and two subsequent criminal trials tried by d.c.'s district attorney, francis scott key. mr. key, who authored "the star-spangled banner", defended splafry in his prosecution and sought capital punishment only to be thwarted by the alleged...
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it was about this time the united states officially use the phrase allies and importantly, the united nations to refer to the allied cause. even from the beginning after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt and other american leaders were speaking in terms of a collective endeavor often used in allies in united nations went on the american able were involved. >> wended the type change for americans in regard of going from defeat to success in the war? >> it can be pinpointed at midway. six months after pearl harbor, prior with the battle of the coral sea from a sort of a draw, in advance for the americans, but allowed the united states and hence united nations to seize the initiative and from then on the battles will be fought with the allies determined and how the allies determined. >> was very general understanding against u.s. forces during the first half of the war that they're losing? >> i think it wasn't just as important as a general awareness on the american public we were losing. i really stress there's a lot of journalism history by how open the culture was, how frank the media
it was about this time the united states officially use the phrase allies and importantly, the united nations to refer to the allied cause. even from the beginning after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt and other american leaders were speaking in terms of a collective endeavor often used in allies in united nations went on the american able were involved. >> wended the type change for americans in regard of going from defeat to success in the war? >> it can be pinpointed at midway....
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psro's, leader pro cade if you're the president of the united states you have no business down this deep in the weeds. jimmy carter got way into the weeds, so he's actually writing these minor interventions by physicians. and that was his problem. he got so into the weeds that he forgot the president's job is to tell the picture. jimmy carter's chief of real problem is he wasn't very good at articulating the big picture. which we don't see until we get into the archives. and i think when people read our book, they will get a sense of this. the president as an individual, his own personality was driving this kind of detailed look. so that's an aspect of the presidency and of health care. we don't think about it and get this guy, the individual really drives things forward. >> for more information on booktv's visit to providence rhode island and other cities visited by local content of vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. ..
psro's, leader pro cade if you're the president of the united states you have no business down this deep in the weeds. jimmy carter got way into the weeds, so he's actually writing these minor interventions by physicians. and that was his problem. he got so into the weeds that he forgot the president's job is to tell the picture. jimmy carter's chief of real problem is he wasn't very good at articulating the big picture. which we don't see until we get into the archives. and i think when people...
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ferguson to dred scott and other cases to, you know, i think more recently with citizens united. so members of congress, we're dealing with conflicts of interest, we're dealing with lobbyists. the fantastic new spielberg movie, "lincoln," which is spot on, it shows lincoln essentially bribing unsavory members of congress to get votes, but lincoln was willing to do business with these folks to get the 13th amendment passed in 1865 to end slavery. what's the moral? who among us would not stoop to end this horrible abomination? so lobbyists swapping votes. so, yeah, we find the same kind of drama, same kind of stories, same kind of struggles. you know, first families have to raise children in what is essentially a public fish bowl. i mean, it's difficult to raise kids, difficult to be married, difficult to hold a job, difficult to balance your life, find harmony. imagine doing it in the white house where everything you do is public information. and that's difficult today, but we saw early families bringing children into the building and grandchildren into the building and struggling
ferguson to dred scott and other cases to, you know, i think more recently with citizens united. so members of congress, we're dealing with conflicts of interest, we're dealing with lobbyists. the fantastic new spielberg movie, "lincoln," which is spot on, it shows lincoln essentially bribing unsavory members of congress to get votes, but lincoln was willing to do business with these folks to get the 13th amendment passed in 1865 to end slavery. what's the moral? who among us would...
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and right now particularly in the united states we're seriously out of balance. >> host: "power, inc." is the name of the book. david rothkopf is our the author. he's been our guest on booktv. .. >> one of the more careful mayors -- colorful mayors you will find in the country. he was part huey long, part tony soprano. the good and the bad. he reflected providence as one of america's oldest cities. to me really embodies the american political story. >> welcome to providence on booktv. with help of art cox communications partners, we will export a rich literary culture of this capital city as we travel to these local authors and to learn about the history of this town and the state of rhode island. we begin our program with a visit to providence literally landmark. >> to climb up those steps and make your way in and then to arrive at the top of the steps and then look in and see the mezzanine filled with books and it's inspiring. >> i love when we have visitors that come in for the first time. they walk in the front door. and usually if it's someone who's new to the public, the first t
and right now particularly in the united states we're seriously out of balance. >> host: "power, inc." is the name of the book. david rothkopf is our the author. he's been our guest on booktv. .. >> one of the more careful mayors -- colorful mayors you will find in the country. he was part huey long, part tony soprano. the good and the bad. he reflected providence as one of america's oldest cities. to me really embodies the american political story. >> welcome to...
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the columbia river or one state out of anchorage, a alaska, and this guy thinks the invasion of the united states is imminent and is warning his listeners this could actually happen. this this the vision of the colored war and it's a long-lasting story. this is not a vision of foreign policy that has dropped out of the republican party by any means. in fact it's gotten much stronger. there's also a struggle within the republican party. this is the second issue. it's not just about the foreign policy debates, which there are people who are trying to go towards the left vision of the cold war and towards the kind of center. it's also a hard-line, right-wing outlook within the republican party that is most clearly symbolized in taft's run for the presidency against eisenhower during the primary campaign, taft loses but there's an interesting conversation where he says to eisenhower after congratulating him on victory, the theme he wants eisenhower to pursue is that lisch is being threatened by creeping socialism in every domestic field. that there is a kind of totalitarianism invading america
the columbia river or one state out of anchorage, a alaska, and this guy thinks the invasion of the united states is imminent and is warning his listeners this could actually happen. this this the vision of the colored war and it's a long-lasting story. this is not a vision of foreign policy that has dropped out of the republican party by any means. in fact it's gotten much stronger. there's also a struggle within the republican party. this is the second issue. it's not just about the foreign...
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this is a guy who thinks the invasion of the united states is imminent and he is warning his listeners that this could actually happen. this is the vision of the cold war that i keep trying to trace out by telling a story and i think it's a long-lasting story. this is not a vision of foreign policy that is dropped out of the republican party by party by any means. if anything i think it's gotten in fact much. there's also struggle within the republican party. this is the second issue that i will talk about briefly. it's not just about the foreign-policy debate which there are people who are trying to go towards the left militaristic vision of the cold war and towards the kind of center. it's also a real hard-line, right-wing outlet within the republican party that most clearly survived in robert taft's run for the presidency against eisenhower during the campaign. taft as we all know loses but he is an interesting conversation in which he says to eisenhower after congratulating him, that the theme that he once eisenhower to pursue is that liberty is being threatened by creeping sociali
this is a guy who thinks the invasion of the united states is imminent and he is warning his listeners that this could actually happen. this is the vision of the cold war that i keep trying to trace out by telling a story and i think it's a long-lasting story. this is not a vision of foreign policy that is dropped out of the republican party by party by any means. if anything i think it's gotten in fact much. there's also struggle within the republican party. this is the second issue that i...
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so the united states comes in. we lost the military initiative by the point i was lost a diplomatic initiative at that point. so there's certain deals being made. deals between churchill and stalin in october of 44. the british would get 90%, the russians would get 90%, and oak area and hungry, lined up that way. it was pretty cynical. but when roosevelt dies in april of 40, his last telegram to church was would always have these minor disagreement with the russians but we get them result. let's not make a big do. there's no reason what we can maintain censures after the war. when truman gets in on april 12, 1945, he immediately takes a different course. roosevelt's alliance with the soviets was still very strong at that point. trueman turns to his advisers to roosevelt never trusted in the first place, the second of april, -- [inaudible] they give tremendous a message to the soviets are breaking all other agreements. they can't be trusted. they have broken all the yalta agreement. and so what we're going to see is
so the united states comes in. we lost the military initiative by the point i was lost a diplomatic initiative at that point. so there's certain deals being made. deals between churchill and stalin in october of 44. the british would get 90%, the russians would get 90%, and oak area and hungry, lined up that way. it was pretty cynical. but when roosevelt dies in april of 40, his last telegram to church was would always have these minor disagreement with the russians but we get them result....
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the supremacy clause is the statement that the constitution of the united states trumps state laws. and this was originally mattison didn't want it. madison wanted a federal veto a state laws. four times, madison proposed a federal veto that would allow congress to veto any state law they didn't want and that was a nonstarter for most of the delegates. so luther martin from maryland, who became ultimately an anti-federalist propose the supremacy clause more or less as it stands now except that he kept the state constitution and he did this is a trick. he was hoping to get everyone to write into the constitution that federal law trumps a thought, but not state constitution so he could later argue the state constitution's tom federal law. they claim that offended within their federal law trumps the constitutions. but that raises the question of original intent of whose content is original. isn't mattison who wanted a much stronger federal veto? is a luther martin whose intent was to deceive the other delegates? is that the other delicate wanted not a sin to shut up and get back to whe
the supremacy clause is the statement that the constitution of the united states trumps state laws. and this was originally mattison didn't want it. madison wanted a federal veto a state laws. four times, madison proposed a federal veto that would allow congress to veto any state law they didn't want and that was a nonstarter for most of the delegates. so luther martin from maryland, who became ultimately an anti-federalist propose the supremacy clause more or less as it stands now except that...